Protection of species

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Help keep an eye out for spotted eagle rays

11 years 6 months ago By Main Minion

In 2009, Mote Marine Laboratory with the National Aquarium in Baltimore initiated a conservation research program on the life history, reproduction, and population status of the elasmobranch Aetobatus narinari, commonly known as the spotted eagle

We don't know if the rays in the Keys come from Southwest Florida, or perhaps even Mexico or Cuba, and we don't know if rays in the Keys favor particular reefs

—Mote biologist Kim Hull

95% population decline in European eels spurs tracking research

11 years 8 months ago By Scott Bennett

Thanks to an EU-funded research project called Eeliad, biologists now have a better understanding of the biology and migration route of the European eel.

Baie D'Ambodi-Vahibe, northeast Madagascar.

Western Indian Ocean has world’s second most diverse coral reefs

12 years 4 days ago By Arnold Weisz

Of the 369 coral species identified so far in the region, at sites in the northern Mozambique Channel, the scientists found 250-300 species, while sites in northern Kenya, the Gulf of Aden and the outer Seychelles islands had 200 or fewer species.

Sharks sold at the Semporna fish market in Malaysia

Bad management endangers sharks in the Coral Triangle

12 years 3 weeks ago By Arnold Weisz

The report, An Overview of Shark Utilization in the Coral Triangle Region, examines the catch, trade and management of sharks in waters of the six Coral Triangle countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Solomo

The Los Roques islands comprises of about 350 islands, cays or islets. Because of the wide variety of seabirds and rich aquatic life, the Venezuelan government declared the Islas Los Roques a National Park in 1972.

Venezuela Bans Commercial Shark Fishing

12 years 3 months ago By Scott Bennett

Scientists have identified Los Roques, located about 128 kilometers off the Venezuelan coast as an important breeding ground and nursery of several species of sharks, including the lemon shark and Caribbean reef shark.

Sturgeon in the Caspian Sea is critically endangered.

Beluga sturgeon now listed as critically endangered

13 years 11 months ago By Main Minion

Beluga sturgeon populations have been decimated in part due to unrelenting exploitation for black caviar —the sturgeon's unfertilized eggs—considered the finest in the world.

Northern bluefin tuna captured in an aquarium.

1,000th giant bluefin tuna tagged

13 years 12 months ago By Main Minion

(Stanford University, Dalhousie University and the Monterey Bay Aquarium, working in collaboration with Canadian fishermen from Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia.)

WWF: Sharks worth more alive than dead

14 years 11 months ago By Main Minion

"Shark tourism is a growing phenomenon but unfortunately shark populations are not," said WWF- Australia's Reef to Rangelands Policy Manager Nick Heath.

Animal advocates celebrate historic shark fin ban

14 years 12 months ago By Main Minion

As of July 1st, the Hawaiian State Government has become the first in the world to ban the possession, distribution and sale of shark fins and its already sending ripples to the rest of the world.